Bleeding man shot while driving

STOCKTON - Residents of a south Stockton neighborhood found an 18-year-old man bleeding in the street outside their home Wednesday evening, authorities and witnesses said.

Jason Anderson

STOCKTON - Residents of a south Stockton neighborhood found an 18-year-old man bleeding in the street outside their home Wednesday evening, authorities and witnesses said.

The man was found lying beside his vehicle about 6:40 p.m. in the 100 block of East 4th Street, just east of El Dorado Street. The victim was suffering from a gunshot wound to the right bicep, and his Nissan Pathfinder had been struck by gunfire, police said.

The man was bleeding heavily from his right arm, but bystanders said they wrapped the man's wound with T-shirts and used a strand of ribbon to create a makeshift tourniquet. Paramedics arrived quickly to stabilize the victim before taking him to the hospital.

Police said it appeared the man was shot at another location, but they had yet to locate the crime scene, authorities said. There was blood on the driver's seat and the front passenger's seat and a bullet hole in the right front fender. The right rear window was shattered, and the right rear tire was flat.

Investigators believe the man drove to East 4th Street after being shot somewhere nearby. Witnesses said they heard a series of six gunshots one to two blocks south of East 4th Street moments before the victim's vehicle came to a stop on their street. The victim left the vehicle and collapsed in the street, witnesses said.

Police were still investigating the shooting late Wednesday. Authorities said the victim was unable to provide a description of the shooter.